TRIGGER EVENT BASED RESPONSE EXECUTION WITH SECURE INITIALIZATION

• US 20150334187A1
• Filed: 05/15/2014
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tooost B.V.
• Original Assignee: The Button Corporation Oy
• Inventors: Pesola, Juuso, Leminen, Jari, Pnknen, Sami, Rautio, Harri, Heilakka, Erkki
• Granted Patent: US 9,787,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

An identification message is sent from a sensor apparatus, over a wireless communication network, in response to a trigger event sensed by a sensor device in the sensor apparatus. The identification message includes a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus. The identification message is received at a network server. A pre-configured action profile associated with the unique identifier in the received identification message is accessed by the network server. A response action is caused to be executed based on information in the accessed action profile. The sensor apparatus is paired to a subscriber account before first use, thereby allowing secure initialization.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a sensor apparatus, configured to send an identification message over a wireless communication network in response to a trigger event sensed by a sensor device comprised in the sensor apparatus, the identification message consisting of a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus; and

a network server, configured to receive the identification message, access a pre-configured action profile associated with the unique identifier in the received identification message, and cause a response action to be executed based on information in the accessed action profile,

wherein the sensor apparatus is further configured to be paired to a subscriber account before first use.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the response action comprises a database transaction.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the response action comprises generating an action message based on information in the accessed action profile, and sending the generated action message to a network node based on the information in the accessed action profile.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the pairing comprises entering to subscriber account associated data a unique device code associated with the sensor apparatus.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the pairing further comprises entering to subscriber account associated data a description of a light signal sequence displayed by the sensor apparatus.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor device is semiconductor based, and the sensed trigger event comprises a trigger event measurable with a semiconductor based sensor device.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the sensed trigger event relates to at least one of:

touching the sensor apparatus, illumination in proximity of the sensor apparatus, temperature in proximity of the sensor apparatus, position of the sensor apparatus, acceleration of the sensor apparatus, compass heading of the sensor apparatus, velocity of the sensor apparatus, and motion in proximity of the sensor apparatus.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor apparatus comprises a button, and the trigger event consists of pressing the button.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor apparatus comprises one of a computing device with a touch screen and a computing device with a non-touch screen;

and the trigger event consists of one of touching an object drawn on the touch screen and clicking an object drawn on the non-touch screen, respectively.

10. The system according to claim 3, wherein the information in the action profile comprises recipient data, content of the action message, and a type of the action message.

11. A method, comprising:

sending, from a sensor apparatus, an identification message over a wireless communication network in response to a trigger event sensed by a sensor device comprised in the sensor apparatus, the identification message consisting of a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus;

receiving the identification message at a network server;

accessing, by the network server, a pre-configured action profile associated with the unique identifier in the received identification message; and

causing, by the network server, a response action to be executed based on information in the accessed action profile,

wherein the method further comprises pairing the sensor apparatus to a subscriber account before first use.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the response action comprises a database transaction.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the response action comprises generating an action message based on information in the accessed action profile, and sending the generated action message to a network node based on the information in the accessed action profile.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the pairing comprises entering to subscriber account associated data a unique device code associated with the sensor apparatus.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the pairing further comprises entering to subscriber account associated data a description of a light signal sequence displayed by the sensor apparatus.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the sensor device is semiconductor based, and the sensed trigger event comprises a trigger event measurable with a semiconductor based sensor device.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the sensed trigger event relates to at least one of:

touching the sensor apparatus, illumination in proximity of the sensor apparatus, temperature in proximity of the sensor apparatus, position of the sensor apparatus, acceleration of the sensor apparatus, compass heading of the sensor apparatus, velocity of the sensor apparatus, and motion in proximity of the sensor apparatus.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the sensor apparatus comprises a button, and the trigger event consists of pressing the button.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the sensor apparatus comprises one of a computing device with a touch screen and a computing device with a non-touch screen;

and the trigger event consists of one of touching an object drawn on the touch screen and clicking an object drawn on the non-touch screen, respectively.

20. The method according to claim 13, wherein the information in the action profile comprises recipient data, content of the action message, and a type of the action message.

21. A sensor apparatus, comprising:

a sensor device configured to sense a trigger event; and

a wireless transmitter configured to send an identification message over a wireless communication network to a network server in response to the trigger event sensed by sensor device, the identification message consisting of a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus,

wherein the sensor apparatus is further configured to be paired to a subscriber account before first use.

22. The sensor apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the pairing comprises entering to subscriber account associated data a unique device code associated with the sensor apparatus.

23. The sensor apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the pairing further comprises entering to subscriber account associated data a description of a light signal sequence displayed by the sensor apparatus.